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Matinee

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Matinee
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PG,1hr 38min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Release:
1992
Director:
Joe Dante
Distributor:
Image Entertainment
Starring:
John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton  ...more
Synopsis: John Goodman's full-throttle performance as a William Castle-inspired schlockmeister propels Joe Dante's delightful and charming comedy Matinee. The film takes place during the fall 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, a time when America's innocence began to crumble. Goodman plays film producer Lawrence Woolsey, who is in Key West to premiere his latest horror epic, "Mant," the story of a man who turns into a giant insect ("Half Man! ... Half Ant! ... All Terror!"). He's busy rigging the local movie theater ... Full Synopsis
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Mark Deming, AMG Review
Joe Dante is a guy who loves his exploitation films, as anyone who has read his early writings for Famous Monsters of Filmland or Film Bulletin knows, and his 1992 feature Matinee is a delightful and heartfelt valentine to the gimmicky low-budget schlock of his youth. John Goodman, a fine comic actor who is rarely used well onscreen, is (for a change) perfectly cast as big and blustery Lawrence Woolsey, ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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John Goodman
Lawrence Woolsey
Cathy Moriarty
Ruth Corday/Carol
Simon Fenton
Gene Loomis
Omri Katz
Stan
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